sorry, i should have been more specific on the outcome which was nothing. It never deleted any email in the queue. It must have timed-out somewhere after 3 hours. granted there are 80,000 emails in this queue. I have looked all over the file system and can't find if these emails are stored somewhere... i checked all the usual suspects ( or so i think ). like C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\Queue and the one in C:\inetpub\mailroot...
5 minute break... you know.. these emails are starting to shift into the deferred queue and now i'm finding them i think on the default exchange queue folder now.. hmmm. Yes they are shifting from delay to NDRs.. good! maybe i'll just wait for that to fill up and then delete them outta there. Unless anyone else has a better idea. Thanks for being curious in my efforts. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Don Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it not found 'cause it finished? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:18 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue > > > > Well that sucks. I let this script run and after about 3 hours of running, > and it fails with this error... > > > > C:\exchange-queue-delete.vbs(39, 10) SWbemObjectEx: Not found > > > > /sigh > > > > -Ben > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ben Nordlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > nevermind it worked.. for some reason just saving the vbs file in notepad > and running it wasn't saving my changes.. or something. i closed it and ran > it on my test server.. and it worked. i just tried it on my production > server for hotmai.com that had one email in it.. and it cleared that right > up.. so here i go on my 85,000 queue :) > > > > -Ben > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Ben Nordlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i > sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test > exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run > cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really > beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the > entire name as it is displayed in ESM? > > > > -Ben > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be > back with results. > > > > -Ben > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Take this statement: > > > > Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery ("Select * From " &_ > > "Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId='" > &_ > > objQueueInst.LinkID & "' And LinkName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.LinkName & "' And QueueId='" &_ > > objQueueInst.QueueID & "' And QueueName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.QueueName &"' And VirtualMachine='" &_ > > objQueueInst.VirtualMachine & "' And VirtualServerName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.VirtualServerName & "' And MessageID ='" &_ > > strMessageID & "'") > > > > And turn it into this: > > > > Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery ("Select * From " &_ > > "Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId='" > &_ > > objQueueInst.LinkID & "' And LinkName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.LinkName & "' And QueueId='" &_ > > objQueueInst.QueueID & "' And QueueName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.QueueName &"' And VirtualMachine='" &_ > > objQueueInst.VirtualMachine & "' And VirtualServerName='" &_ > > objQueueInst.VirtualServerName & "'") > > > > Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT > statement. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM > > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue > > > > yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit > this.. > > > > -Ben > > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt > > > > You'll have to remove the "specific message selection" logic, but this > shows you the path to follow… > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue > > > > I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling > system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to > deliver to my email archive system. > > > > In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is "SMTP - > mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector)". > > > > any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted > the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups --> Connectors" > > > > any help, i'd be happy! > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
